Collar-button.



No. 687,985. Patented Dec. 3, I90l.

' T. O. HOLLAND- COLLAR BUTTON.

Application. filed July 22, 1899.;

(No Model.)

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS OSBORNE HOLLAND, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

mPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,985, dated December 3, 1901.

Application filed July 22, 1899.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS OSBORNE HoL- LAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-B uttons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable oth ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object is in a simple, efficient,and ready manner to obviate the riding up of a necktie upon a collar.

The device characterized by my invention presents four salient points: first, means for holding the necktie in the proper place when once adjusted to position; second, means for preventing any turning of the button in the buttonhole, whereby always to keep the holding device in proper position for effective service; third, means for retaining the holding device in proper position when in use, and,

fourth, means for shielding the holding device when not in use, whereby to obviate the presentation of an obstruction.

Generally stated, the invention resides in a collar-button provided on its head with a prong or pin, constituting the holding device above referred to, adapted when in use to project beyond the periphery of the head and into position to engage with the material of the necktie, and thereby hold the same from riding up on the collar. This pin or prong may be made of any suitable material, preferably of resilient metal, and is connected or swiveled to the head in such manner as to permit of its being swung in the arc of a circle to move into or out of position for use. In order that the button may be held against turning in the buttonhole, thus to cause the pin or prong always to point downward when used for holding a necktie, the shank of the button may be provided with a longitudinally-disposed bar or spline, or it may be flat in cross-section, thus to conform somewhat to the shape of the buttonhole, and thus accomplish the function stated. To hold the pin in proper position to engage the necktie, the head is provided with suitable retaining means, preferably a notch or nick in the lar.

Serial No. 724,865. (No model.)

front part of the head, and into such nick the pin will be placed and be held therein against turning. A further function of the bead or flange is to present means for shielding the point of the pin when the same is not in use, as the pin will then lie in the depression formed by the flange, and will thus be below, or practically below, the flange, there by removing all liability of the pin catching on the linen of the wearer or of pricking the fingers when the button-head is being passed through the buttonholes of the shirt and col- If preferred, the point portion of the pin may be slightly curved outward from the head to facilitate engagement with the necktie. Instead of providing the head with the flange the same may be left plain and the pin made to lie fiat thereon and to be slightly flattened, if desired, thus to hug the head closely.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, I have illustrated one formof embodiment of my invention, together with a modification, it being understood that other forms of embodiment of the invention may be employed without departing from the spirit of the same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective exhibiting a collar-button embodying my invention, the projected or operative position of the pin being shown in full lines and its closed or inoperative position shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a View in transverse section through the shank, showing the means by which the button is held from turning in the buttonhole. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a modified arrangement of pinhead. Fig. 4: is a viewin elevation of a modified form of retaining means for the pin.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a collar-button, which may be made of any preferred material and constructed in one or in a number of parts. The head a, as shown in Fig. 1, is provided with a bead or flange a and swiveled or pivoted in any manner to the head within the confines of the flange is a pin a This pin, as shown in dotted lines, is adapted when not in use to rest within the depression formed by the flange and to be ICO entirely shielded thereby against presenting an obstruction. When moved to position for use, as shown in full lines, that portion of the pin adjacent to the head engages a notch 0., formed in the vflange a and is thereby held from turning to one side or the other, as when inserting it into a necktie or under the conditions of strain to which it will be subjected in use.

As a means for preventing the button from turning in the buttonhole, thus to cause the pin a always when in use to point downward, the shank may be provided with a longitudinally-disposed bar or spline of, which, as will be obvious, will perform the function designed. Instead of providing the shank with the spline the shank may be flat or oval in cross-section, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and perform the same function.

If preferred and as a matter of economy in production, the head may be made plain that is, the bead may be omitted and the pin may be swiveled to the head in any preferred manner and lie close to the head. To effect a closer assemblage between the head and the pin, the latter may be flattened.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Acollar-button having its head provided with a bead or flange provided with a notch, in combination with a pivoted pin, adapted, when turned to project beyond the periphery of the head, to engage the notch, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a collar-button, of a pin pivotally connected to the head of the button at a point eccentric to the axis of the head, the said pin being adapted to pro.

jeot beyond the periphery of the head of the button when in use, and to be swung to a position Wholly within the periphery of the button-head, when not in use, substantially as described.

3. A collar-button having a flattened shank, and a head provided with a circumferential bead or flange, having a notch, in combination with a pivoted pin, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination with a collar-button provided with means for preventing its rotation in a buttonhole, of a pin pivotally connected to the head of the button at a point eccentric to the axis of the head, the said pin being adapted to project beyond the periphery of the head of the button when in use, and to be swung to a position wholly within the periphery of the button-head, when not in use, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS OSBORNE HOLLAND. 

